Lucas Black also summarizes which parents are ideal and which are bad in the eyes of conservative Christians: GOOD: A straight man and woman. A homosexual man and homosexual woman. A bisexual woman and bisexual man. A homosexual man and a straight woman. A homosexual woman and a straight man. A bisexual man and a [Read More...]

Riverdale, Illinois already has money trouble, but at least they’re getting about $50,000 a year in property tax from a nearby lot that sits vacant. Now, the Israel of God church wants to build on that land. That could mean even further devastation for the community: “Someone has to pay for it, and we have [Read More...]

It was only a week ago when the Michigan House of Representatives passed the “Julea Ward freedom of conscience act,” an act that would ban schools from punishing, say, Christian counseling students who don’t want to help gay clients. Ward wasn’t the only Christian who refused to help people because of their sexual orientation. Jennifer [Read More...]

The James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) has launched a biweekly podcast called Consequence, exploring “how pseudoscience and claims of the paranormal can be harmful to believers.” It’ll feature stories of people who have been hurt (financially, physically, emotionally) by psychics and other scam artists. You can download/subscribe to that podcast here. … In Canada, Justin [Read More...]

There’s a village in Cambodia that’s fertile grounds for missionaries trying to convert residents to Christianity. It seems to be working, too. 80% of the locals are now Christian. But it’s not because they believe in the divinity of Jesus or the power of prayer. It’s just a cheaper form of bullshit: Sev Chel, 38, [Read More...]